Not By Chance

Kathy Herman finished the Seaport Series with a fantastic story dealing with many tough issues. They were all handled in such a manner you were kept on the edge of your seat. I truly enjoy the way she always keeps us mindful of Who we belong to ~ God.

This series has been read by all the members of my book club. The characters are very believable usually, and the situations in this book particularly were so very applicable today- maybe in a reverse kind of way in today's political world... thought provoking and convicting. We all loved this book.

WHAT an ending to this series...may be seen as controversial by some readers. This book will keep you reading all the way to the end - non-stop suspense and action.

When Brandon Jones quits his job as regional vice president of Mavis and Stein, a manufacturer of women's clothing, he also loses his fiancée Kelsey who breaks their engagement. He leaves Raleigh and goes to his parents' home in Seaport off the Florida Coast but he doesn't get much sympathy from his father, a very successful lawyer who thinks his son is crazy to have left a job because he didn't find it significant. Brandon's inner turmoil is reflected in the torment Seaport is experiencing due to an escalating series of racial incidents that leads to seven deaths and rioting. As the police try to find the killers, Brandon takes a job as a camp counselor where he befriends the lonely biracial Caedman Nash. When a hurricane threatens the town most people evacuate but Caedman has gone missing and Brandon is determined to find him. NOT BY CHANCE is the fourth and last book in the fabulous Seaport saga. The next book talented Kathy Herman writes well be one of the Phantom Hollow series which focuses on Brandon and Kelsey. This book is filled with suspense and the racially motivated crimes with Brandon trying to find himself. Ms. Herman is a brilliant storyteller who readers can always count on for a good yarn. Harriet Klausner